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The most reasonable interpretation is that H. erectus populations in east Asia passed this variant to Denisovans through interbreeding, and Denisovans later passed it on to the ancestors of modern south-east Asians and Oceanians.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026
A 2019 review in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology documents at least three distinct introgression events from Denisovan-like populations into south-east Asian and Oceanic ancestors alone, some occurring as recently as 20,000 years ago.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026
Our ancestors crossed the Atlantic for land, and for land they went west on their Conestoga wagons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
“We are not even playing music this year because I wanted everyone to be able to hear the sounds of the wind and I feel like the ancestors are speaking to us through the wind.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
Farther down was the green blur of another tree that his ancestors had planted to exit the flooding of this world.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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